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Sanders shows biggest weakness in the overnight Democratic Nominee debate: his age

Sanders shows biggest weakness in the overnight Democratic Nominee debate: his age

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< After the massive disappointment for the Hillary campaign in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary it was back to a live TV debate overnight with the 74 year old victor in the primary, socialist Bernie Sanders. In the aftermath of New Hampshire Andy Burnham (remember him?) Tweeted that he knew how Hillary felt that morning. The big difference is that the former LAB cabinet minister is no Clinton and attempting to compare with her made him look presumptuous and foolish. The...

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The New Hampshire aftermath: This week’s PB/Polling Matters TV Show looks at where the race stands now

The New Hampshire aftermath: This week’s PB/Polling Matters TV Show looks at where the race stands now

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Where does the battle for Obama’s successor stand now? Although the outcome in both the Republican and Democratic races in the New Hampshire primary was completely in line with the polls the results have come as a massive shock. One thing’s for sure – previous assumptions about how US elections work don’t apply any more and we look forward with a great degree of uncertainty. This was also the biggest political betting event since the UK General Election last May….

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On the eve of New Hampshire the Hillary campaign takes its biggest gamble: bringing in Bill to attack Bernie

On the eve of New Hampshire the Hillary campaign takes its biggest gamble: bringing in Bill to attack Bernie

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Does the former President still hold much sway? So we are almost there in what has in past White House races been the contest that has proved to be the most crucial – the first full primary in the New England State of New Hampshire. While much of the attention has been on the Republicans there’s a battle royal going on in the Democratic primary where the 74 year old socialist Bernie Sanders has been enjoying double digit leads over…

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The very idea of President Sanders – seriously?

The very idea of President Sanders – seriously?

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Can he beat Clinton and if so, the Republican? In contrast to all the interest that the Republicans have delivered in their pre-primary contest, the Democrats’ affair has been a low-key, staid affair so far: two candidates plus an also-ran, of which one has been an overwhelming favourite for a long time, backed with huge financial and political muscle; the other, a 74-year-old self-described socialist who has never even run for election as a Democrat before. It ought to be…

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Two weeks to go until Iowa: White House Race Round up

Two weeks to go until Iowa: White House Race Round up

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Via @mtomasky My favourite Twitter pic of the weekend pic.twitter.com/Ps6MPVx08o — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 18, 2016 Hillary to be Democratic nominee now 82.6% chance on Betfair following overnight debate success pic.twitter.com/AB2dbxv4Ag — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 18, 2016 From. Pew Research. How the US has become more ideologically dividedpic.twitter.com/HQVJTWJ3ua — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 18, 2016 Via @politicalwire Gallup favourability of GOP contenders. Look at how hated Trump is amongst Democrats pic.twitter.com/XRHFHUN36B — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 16, 2016

This week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast: The 2016 White House race with Stan Greenberg

This week’s PB/Polling Matters podcast: The 2016 White House race with Stan Greenberg

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On this week’s episode of the PB / Polling Matters podcast Keiran discusses the 2016 US Presidential race with Democratic pollster and strategist Stan Greenberg. Stan talks about his new book ‘America Ascendant’ where he outlines the profound demographic and cultural changes that have taken place in the U.S. and why they make the Democrats most likely to triumph in 2016 (and beyond). Stan also picks his three GOP candidates to watch and predicts an unlikely eventual nominee. Finally, the…

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Hillary Clinton’s good week gets even better

Hillary Clinton’s good week gets even better

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Hillary set to become even stronger favourite for nomination after Senate Benghazi hearing https://t.co/5tfB0dg18p pic.twitter.com/iZPk8Ju4HF — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 23, 2015 It has been an amazing 7 days for the Hillary Clinton campaign to be the next President of the United States. Firstly there was the reaction to the initial Democratic candidates live TV debate. The general view was that she had been the winner and this had been backed up by the polling. This had an immediate impact…

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